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LENIN MISCELLANY
4800
REMARKS AND ANNOTATIONS ON THE REPORT 
OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE WESTERN FRONT
23 February 1920

It seems this is precisely 
the 
error? 
It seems there is nothing 
more 
to 
take 
from 
the 
Southwestern 
Front?

...The Revolutionary Military Council of the Front believes that the 
regrouping of reserve divisions from the VII Army and 
forces being freed up from the VI Army can be accomplished with 
considerable time savings for 
the real and timely reinforcement of our Polish 
Front, whereas the necessary reinforcement of the Caucasus Front 
could be carried out through regroupings of the Southwestern Front's 
forces by shifting leftward, which would reinforce the Caucasus Front 
by several divisions rather than through extraordinarily protracted 
transportation from the north by rail of reserves, which, in view of 
the blockage of southern routes and lack of fuel, would apparently 
still have to proceed to the front line in marching order...

Independently of the necessity for urgent 
dispatch of reserves to the Western Front — there must also be 
NB urgent replenishments provided, so as not to lose 
the surviving combat-capable cadres of units that have been continuously 
on the battle line, for the reserve regiments of the front and 
army have long been depleted due to absence of replenishments...

To the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic for the Commander-in-Chief on the subject of today's 
(23 February) conversation.

25028
ON THE TRANSPORTATION OF METAL FROM THE URALS
(TELEGRAM TO B. A. ROIZEMAN)
24 February 1920

In view of the impossibility of exporting metal from the Urals by rail cars, it is necessary to employ all measures to send it by water route. For this it is necessary to provide rail cars for transporting metal from the factories to shipping points, as well as wagon transport and workers where there are no railways. Shipping points have negligible metal reserves, and without transport to the shipping points water transportation will be impossible. It is necessary to provide rail cars for the transportation of metals and, moreover, to authorize the representatives of Prodrasmeta to demand the provision of cars for this purpose against the underloading quotas of other departments. To Levshino from the factories of the northern and central Urals it is necessary to transport up to 3 million poods; to Ufa from the factories of the southern Urals—up to 1 million poods. It is also necessary to render assistance to the Avzyano-Petrovsk factory in the construction of barges for floating 1 million poods of foundry iron to the center. Concerning river tonnage, measures must be taken to ensure it is delivered in time and does not stand idle in the hands of departments that have no cargo actually ready for shipment.

Lenin

Published from the 
original signed 
by V. I. Lenin.

25033
TELEGRAM TO THE SIBERIAN REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE
25 February 1920

Render full assistance to the I Labor Army by taking appropriate measures at your discretion for the speediest return from Siberia to the Urals of forest specialists and technicians, extremely necessary for the successful conduct of timber operations.

Lenin

Published from the 
original signed 
by V. I. Lenin.

25052
RESOLUTION ON THE TELEGRAM FROM THE NIKOLSKOE VILLAGE SOVIET*
26 February 1920

Contact Komprod and demand from it a copy of its reply.

* Citizens of the village of Nikolskoe (Nikolskaya volost, Chrom District, Orel Province) petitioned to have the food requisition levy removed from them, citing the fact that foodstuffs intended for fulfilling the food requisition had been used to supply Red Army units stationed in the village of Nikolskoe.